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LATTICE
Definition of LATTICE
noun
A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English latis, from Middle French lattis (“lathing”), from Old French lattis, from latte (“a lath”), from Frankish *lattu (“a lath”), from Proto-Germanic *laþô (“board; plank; ledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)latn-, *(s)lat- (“beam; log”). Cognate with Old High German latta (“lath”), (German Latte), Old English lætt (“lath”), Middle Low German lāde (“plank, counter, sales counter”), German Laden (“shop”). More at lath.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LATTICE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LATTICE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEILTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LATTIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LATTICE?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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